Truck



G. S. WOOD.

TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1917.

1,345,469. Patented July 6, 1920.

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G. S. WOOD. TvRUcK. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 29, 1917.

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PATENT OFFICE.

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TRUCK.

Application filed .Tune 29,

- To all lwhom t may concern.'

Beit known that 1,/ GUILroRD S. WOOD,

' a citizen of the United States, and a resi" dent of the city ofGhicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new andV useful improvements in Trucks; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and'to the numerals of reference' marked i thereon, whichform a part of thisv specification.

This invention relates to aV handtruck having end 'and side rails capable of-being p n ets'thereon to permit the truckvto berolled swung either. into positionv on the. 'ends off the truok, or on the vsides thereof.

It is an object therefore of this invention to construct a truck havingA pivote'd," rails for use either on the' sidesor ends of a truck, and capable ofA beingswung into either position of adjustment.y j

Itis also an object of this invention to construct a truck having pivotedrails for -use either on the sides or ends of a truck,

consisting of tubular members welded one to another to afford a` unitary construction, and with a pivot and receiving socketv con nection for each rail of the truck to permit adjustment thereof into position .on either the end or the side of the truck, as desired. t

lt is also an object of this inventiontoconstruct combination swinging side and end truck rails comprising tubular elements welded one to another embracing top and* bottom transverse members with upright members secured therebetween and with a slip connection between one of the side up- Other and further Y, important` objects of g the invention will be apparent from the disclosure in the drawings and specifications.

The invention (in a preferred form) is illustrated in the drawings and fliereinafter more fully described. i

On the drawings: Figure 1 is a side elevation of a truck l according to the 1917. fseriai Np. 177,668;

equipped with pivoted side and end rails principles ofV my invention. Y

Fig.2 is a' sectional detail Online 2-2 of Fig. 1. f

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of the truck. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary enlarged eleva tion of one of the rail members for the truck. v

As shown lon the drawings:

Specification of Letters Patent." j .i VPatented*Julyv, i920. i

I The framefof the truck is denoted as a v whole by the reference numeral 1, and is provided with a. flat deck or' fioor 2, and with wheels, journaled in suitable bracki froinplace to place.` Secured upon eachfV end of the truck frame4 are corner brackets 4, each supporting Vva tubular socket f 5.

Brackets 6, arer also secured'upon the sidev sills of the frame, and eachl affords asocket 7. The combination end and side rails of "Y the truck consist of a tubular bar bent toy the lower transverse member 11, and the upper transverse member 10, are intermediate uprights 12. Threaded into the lower tubular end of the upright member 8, of each of said'rail members, or Otherwise secured therein, is a rod or shaft 13, which is adapted to extend through and beyond the lower end of one of the socket members' 5, as shown in Fig. 2. A pin 14, is engaged releasably through the lower end of said rod. or shaft, and engaged on the rod above the pin, is a washer 15, said rod and washer aotl ingto prevent disengagement of the upright member 8, from its socket, although permitting elevation thereof for'rotational adjustment of the rail member. Y

he rail members may be engaged in the end socket 5, thus standing in upright position at each end of the truck, as shown in lFig'. l, or 'they may be swung into position whereby the upright 9, is engaged with one of the side bracket sockets with the rail members disposed upon the sides of the' truck, as shown in Fig. 3. The rod eXtension 13, on the upright member 8, of each of the rail members, permits the rail member to vbe elevated prior to a rotational adjustment thereof after which the rail member is lowered so that the respective lower ends of the uprights 8 and 9, engage into the sockets in the brackets providedv therefor, either upon the ends, or end and side of the truck frame.

I am aware that various details of thisA I claim as my invention:

l, The combination with a truck having apertured sockets at the corners and sides thereof, of lagate comprising rail members pivoted 1n the corner sockets, transverse members connecting the rail members, av

shaft extension in one rail member at each end of the truck, said Shaft extending through ythe apertured socket and ,movable therein whereby the .opposite end of the gate may be lifted and swung to engage another. socket on thetruok frame, and means removably secured to the Shaft adapted to preventthe shaft from being lifted out of the socket. Y

'2. In a truck of the class described a socket, an apertured internal flange in the lower end of the socket, a tubular member rotatable in the socket Aand seatedon the flange, a gateseeured to the tubular member, and a shaft threaded Vin the tubular member and,extendingY through the aperture whereby the tubular member may be lifted and rotated without being disengaged from the socket. o

8. The'V combination with. a truek,=of soeket membere and rail members releasably connected therewith, a shaft extension on one side ofreaoh of vSeid rail mennbers eX- l tending belowv'its socket member pemnitting Seid rail member to he elevatedwithout i disengagement from .Saidsoeket to s .wlng the dieengagedend of the nell memherinto 4. The Combination ed to be elevated and swung from a transf` verse to a longitudinal position onthe truck Without removal therefrom., Y Y

Intestiinony whereof. )I have hereunto subscribed my neme in thepresenee of Vtwo Subscribing wtneseee Witneseeer Y s Y CHARLES W., HILLs, Jr., f p ,EARL HARDINE.

5 engagement with another. Socket Yupon the;

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